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I wouldnt worry about leather, not been impressed with VW leather in my last couple of cars, so not sure I would spend the money on it. And if you use the R32 as an example, Leather, Alcantara or cloth doesnt appear to make a huge difference to resale values.

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Think there was also talk of Recaros coming in as an option later in the year.

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They're not Recaro as standard?

If I were buying one (and I wish I could afford to buy one after the Oulton Park thrash, believe me!) then it'd be with xenons (got to have xenons ), larger alloys and sound system upgrade. Probably the Winter pack too if money weren't an issue. The manual shifter is a joy so I'd not worry about speccing DSG. Torn between black or steel grey though... not to worry, I can't afford one for a couple of years yet

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The Polo GTI seats are not recaro's....only the Polo Colour concept had them fitted.

I think the standard Golf GTI seats are nice and looking at silver 5 door GTI in my local dealers this morning it was trimmed with leather, so I jumped in, they were really comfortable and the smell of the leather overwhelming, not like my wifes Polo or my R32 which had no distinctive leather smell at all...

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On the wheel front you could alwys save your money and buy some after market wheels. BBS or something else that is still classy. Have you seen the pic on AMD's web site. they have fitted the Sportec's. look good to me.

I have seen a steel grey (or whatever it is) on the autotrader and I really liked that colour. Either way will be a nice amotor

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Leather - I like it but if I was speccing a car from scratch I'd go for the Cloth. For resale the new mk5 will still sell better leather as that is what buyers expect for a £20-25k car these days

Sat nav - tough call really. Works ok and has some very useful functions...a bit slow and is just not as good looking as the Audi/BMW DVD option. If you want to save some money not having sat nav might be a way to go...

18's v 17's - try both and see both, just my opinion

Colour - For once a car that looks great in white or red and people will specifically want those colours. The more muted metallics are a little dull IMO, especially in the 5dr.